Title XVIII — Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base
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Title XVIII of the FY2027 NDAA (Revitalization of the Defense Industrial Base) contains 49 sections. Open any section for a TL;DR, the statutory text, and linked funding tables.
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Section 3252 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (b)—(A)by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:(1)consulting with and receiving…
fociLimitation on use of exception relating to agreements with foreign governmentsSection 4863 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end…
—Section 4872 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:4872.Critical materials: tiered restrictions on sourcing from covered nations and…
—Definition of source of concern, covered source of concern, recommended order, and designated orderSection 1321 of title 41, United States Code, is…
cyberSection 835 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 10 U.S.C. 4651 note prec.) is amended—(1)by redesignating…
—Section 857(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 136 Stat. 2727) is amended—(1)in paragraph…
—Section 818(c)(3) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112—81; 10 U.S.C. 3241 note prec.) is amended—(1)in subparagraph…
—Analysis required(1)In generalThe Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and other appropriate…
ota, acquisition-reformNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report…
—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for…
foci, cyberAnnual reports(1)In generalNot later than March 1, 2028, and annually thereafter until 2032, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate…
otaIn this section:(1)CMC ListThe term CMC List means the list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States under section 1260H of the William M…
—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal…
—The Secretary of Defense may not procure or obtain optical fiber and optical fiber cable produced, manufactured, or assembled by an entity that is owned by…
—Upon enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall transmit to the congressional defense committees the report…
—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate an office within the Office of Industrial Base…
acquisition-reformThe Secretary of Defense shall include projected demand for foreign military sales, including any foreign military sales that are in progress, in—(1)Any…
—Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on…
—Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 867 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law…
—Section 4817(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1831, is further amended by adding at the end the following new…
—Section 3136(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:(7)For developing alternative material sources…
—Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended—(1)by inserting after subsection (b) the following…
—Section 1846(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended—(1)in subparagraph (F), by striking the word…
iranSection 1846(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 10 U.S.C. 4841 note) is amended—(1)by striking September…
—Section 835(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 118—31; 137 Stat. 338; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4201) is amended—(1)in…
destroyerThe Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall triennially review merger and acquisition activity associated with major defense…
—Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter into one or more…
—Subject to the provisions of section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, specified in subsection (c), the head of an agency may enter into one or more…
—In meeting the requirements of the Department of Defense for major munitions programs, the Secretary of Defense shall consider alternative designs, including…
—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct one or more assessments of how the Secretary of Defense can improve procurement of weapon systems…
acquisition-reformSection 2466(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by striking each Defense Agency, the percentage and inserting each Defense Agency—(A)the…
—Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2470 the following new section:2471.Accounting for certain depots…
—Chapter 146 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:2477.Modernization of organic industrial base of…
—Section 377(2) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 10 U.S.C. 2476 note) is amended by…
—Notwithstanding subsection (c) of section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of a military department may use…
—Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a demonstration and prototyping program, to be…
—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall provide to the…
—Section 4175 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (c), by striking A contract entered into and inserting Except as provided in…
acquisition-reformSection 4952(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 861 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60)…
—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of…
—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a pilot program to improve participation by…
cyberNot later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a process to provide timely guidance to covered…
otaChapter 223 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 802, is further amended by inserting after section 3244 the following new…
—Section 1843(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60) is amended—(1)in paragraph (2), by striking skills and…
—In order to support and enable the development of domestic critical mineral supply chains to meet defense industrial base requirements, the Secretary of…
otaSection 2260 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a), by striking and may retain and inserting and may, except as provided in…
—Shorten Nunn-McCurdy breach report timelineSection 4374 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a), by striking When a unit cost report…
—Section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:(g)Exception for Commissaries, Exchanges, and Other…
—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through each Secretary of a military department, shall…
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